The Man on the Eiffel Tower | |
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Directed by |
Burgess Meredith Irving Allen (uncredited) Charles Laughton (uncredited) |
Produced by |
Irving Allen Franchot Tone |
Written by |
Harry Brown (screenplay) Georges Simenon (novel) |
Based on | A Battle of Nerves |
Starring |
Charles Laughton Franchot Tone |
Music by | Michel Michelet |
Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
Edited by | Louis Sackin |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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97 minutes 87 minutes (American DVD version) |
Country | United States, France |
Language | English, French |
The Man on the Eiffel Tower is a 1949 American color film noir mystery film directed by Burgess Meredith and starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Meredith, and Robert Hutton. It is based on the 1931 novel La Tête d'un homme (A Man's Head) by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret. The film was co-produced by Tone and Allen as T&A Film Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
The film is also known as L'homme de la tour Eiffel in France.